India needs 86 million higher education enrolments by 2035 to meet NEP goals: Report

India’s higher education sector faces an unprecedented expansion push, with a new report warning that achieving the NEP 2020 goal of a 50 percent GER will require 86.11 million enrolments by 2035. As traditional campuses strain under capacity and skill demands shift rapidly, the report urges digital ecosystems, flexible learning, and quality-focused reforms to prevent India’s demographic advantage from eroding.